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A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 62

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15 February 2017

Hammer Price:
£360

Roman Imperial Coinage, Time of the Antonines, Anonymous Quadrans or Tessera, c. 80-160, bust right (Personification of Spring) wearing garland and necklace of flowers, rev. s c within floral wreath, 2.67g (RIC 34; cf. C 31; Sear 2929). Nearly extremely fine, dark patina, rare £200-300

Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; Seaby List 323, June 1941 (75851).

Variously attributed to Bacchus, Annius Verus (the deceased brother of the emperor Commodus) or as part of a series personifying the Four Seasons